Images do not boot

[OleksandrK]

I know this sounds strange, but I cannot get any of the images to boot.  
I have an R3S non-LTS + SD card. It works well with the stock images from FriendlyElec, but none of the Armbian images I tried will boot.  

I tried different tools to write the SD (BalenaEtcher, USBImager, Rufus), but nothing changed. When I tried to read the SD card with Armbian on my x86 laptop running Debian, the system didn’t recognize any proper partitions (maybe that’s normal, maybe not—I don’t know). But when I write an Armbian image for Allwinner NanoPi, the partitions are detected correctly.  

And finally, I can’t connect to the debug UART, so I can’t get any logs.  

I feel the solution should be simple, but I need help with this.

[laibsch]

Armbian's archives can be uncompressed with 7-Zip on Windows, Keka on OS X and 7z on Linux.

 

Images shall only be written with imaging tools that validate burning results.  This saves you from corrupted SD card contents.

 

Approved Tools:

• USBImager a lightweight cross-platform imaging tool
• Balena Etcher an electron / node.js based cross-platform imaging tool (may contain spyware)

Did the validation of you burning the image succeed?

[OleksandrK]

Yes, validation always succsess.
I tried even different SD cards (brand new Sandisk). After Armbian fails to boot I write stock friendlyelec image by the same tool and stock image always properly boot

[laibsch]

@c0rnelius is the maintainer of the board.  Maybe he has something to say.